Salman Sayyid PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL THEORY & DECOLONIAL THOUGHT, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

Sayyid is based at the University of Leeds, where he holds a Chair in Social Theory and Decolonial Thought and is the Head of the School of Sociology and Social Policy. He has held academic positions in London, Manchester and Adelaide. His work has been translated into over half a dozen languages. Some of his major publications include: A Fundamental Fear (a book despite being banned by the Malaysian government is now in its third edition), A Postcolonial People (co-edited), Thinking Through Islamophobia (co-edited with Abdoolkairm Vakil) and Recalling The Caliphate. Sayyid is leading a major interdisciplinary research programme pioneering Critical Muslim Studies. He is the founding editor of ReOrient: The Journal of Critical Muslim Studies.